Plant Ecophysiologist climate change physiology evolution Ecosystem Ecologist global change twitter: @court_campany
Immerse ourselves in weekly ecological themes lecture journal club quantitative reasoning Go outside!!! Run ecological experiments SOLVE a major ecological issue! Practice communicating science Find your voice!
Relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings living and non-living components (1) Distribution and abundance of organisms (2) Interactions among organisms (3) Transformation and flux of energy and matter Are humans a part of ecology?
Read “100 articles every ecologist should read” article and cheat sheet on Brightspace Take specific notes What ecological themes are common? Do you feel any themes are missing? Is there a take home message? Is there anything you don’t understand? learn a new science word or term Pay attention to little details Are there any patterns you see? Do you detect any issues?
If there is one thing that I know in life it is ferns! If there are two things that I know, the second is if you have read the paper. It is obvious to me when you are not prepared for the readings. I can easily distinguish between misunderstanding and poor preparation! I expect you to have a copy of the paper and notes in class I take this very seriously and you will NOT do well in this class if you do not participate come to class prepared to speak!
At the start of Journal Club one name will be drawn Student will be responsible for 2 things: 1 minute brief on what the paper addresses (theme, species, issue, etc.) Definition or explanation of a science word or concept from the paper you did not know (so you had to look it up)